Winter session 2026

• Hemicycle

 

The following pre-recorded videos will be available online around two hours after their delivery

Monday 26 January

• Full sessions : Morning / afternoon
• Current affairs debate: Safeguarding the system of international justice
• Joint debate: Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee 
• Joint debate: Observation of the early parliamentary elections in the Kyrgyz Republic (30 November 2025)
• Joint debate: The progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure (January-December 2025)

Tuesday 27 January

• Full sessions : Morning / afternoon
• Address by Ms Maia SANDU, President of the Republic of Moldova
• Address by Mr Alain BERSET, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
• Ceremony marking the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
• Debate: Elections in times of crisis
• Debate: Supporting the commitment to a comprehensive, just and lasting peace for Ukraine and the security of the European continent
• Debate: The honouring of obligations and commitments by Bosnia and Herzegovina

Wednesday 28 January 

• Full sessions : Morning / afternoon
• Debate: Strengthening democracies with young people: from participation to shared responsibility
• Address by Mr Ararat MIRZOYAN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Armenia
• Address by Mr Mihai POPŞOI Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova, President of the Committee of Ministers
• Current affairs debate: Ensuring accountability, humanitarian protection and respect for international law in Gaza and the West Bank after the ceasefire
• Debate: Draft additional protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine concerning the protection of human rights and dignity of persons with regard to involuntary placement and involuntary treatment within mental healthcare services
• Debate: Socialising at schools: for an inclusive and participatory education fostering democratic values

Thursday 29 January

• Full sessions : Morning / afternoon
• Debate under urgent procedure: Threats against the international order: the case of Greenland
• Debate under urgent procedure or current affairs debate: Political crisis in the broader Middle East: need to protect human rights and the rights of all minority groups
• Debate: For a ban on conversion practices
• Debate under urgent procedure: The 65th anniversary of the European Social Charter: social rights as the foundation of resilient democracies and social justice
• Debate: Post-monitoring dialogue with North Macedonia

Friday 30 January

• Full session
• Free debate